The Developing Young Leaders Seminar “Home” Edition w ith alan e nelson, ed.d .
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The Developing Young Leaders Seminar“Home” Edition
with alan e nelson, ed.d.
If you want to change the world, focus on leaders. If you want to change leaders, focus on them when they’re young.
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Where We’re Headed:
• 7 Indicators of Leadership Aptitude in Kids• 5 Ways Parents Stunt Leadership Growth• 5 Ideas to Grow Great Leaders @ Home• 4 Stages in Young Leader Development
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Discuss With A Partner (not spouse)
Your name & kids’ names/grades.Why you came to this?
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Life is short! Carpe diem!
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HISTORY IS PRIMARILY SHAPED BY 3 FORCES
Change the World
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Disasters
Plagues/Earthquakes/Tsunamis/Hurricanes/Epidemics
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2 Discoveries
Flight/New Lands/Space/Internet/Computers
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3 Leaders…
Hitler, Ghandi, Lincoln, Stalin, Moses
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3But the largest, both good and bad, is leaders.
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3Is leadership better caught or taught?
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3 Leadership is better taught.
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Just another 12 year old?
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Nope; President Reagan
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A squirrely 6th grader?
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Perhaps, but he became President Carter.
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Nine year old trouble maker?
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Think again; President George W. Bush.
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•Categories of Leadership
Personal: responsible, high self-esteem, ethical, good citizen, confident, works from strengths
Managerial: able to facilitate smaller group projects, maintain existing processes
Organizational: able to cast vision, lead others in problem solving, catalyze organizational change
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•W
orking Definition
Leadership is the process of helping people accomplish together, what they could not as individuals.
Leaders are those who get leadership going.
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RECOGNIZING LEADERSHIP APTITUDE IN KIDS & YOUTH
Identifying Future Lions Early
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Can Everyone Be A Leader?Howard Gardner (Harvard), author of “Multiple Intelligences,” notes leadership as a domain in interpersonal intelligence
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Cultural Blindness to Young Leaders
William Damon (Stanford) says that the American value of equality, especially in our educational system, overlooks the unique energy and creativity of young leaders.
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The Ear Effect… Peers listen to and seek input from the child/youth.
Leadership Aptitude Indicators
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2 The Goal Effect… The child/youth initiates goals & is not satisfied with status quo.
Leadership Aptitude Indicators
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3 The Boss Effect…
The student is opinionated, bossy and accused of being disruptive at times.
Leadership Aptitude Indicators
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4 The Negotiator Effect… The child/youth is good at presenting his/her ideas and having others accept them.
Leadership Aptitude Indicators
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5 The Organizer Effect… The child/youth is good at organizing kids & peers in activities.
Leadership Aptitude Indicator
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6 The Captain Effect… Adults tend to select the child/youth to be in charge.
Leadership Aptitude Indicators
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7The Pillar Effect… The child/youth stands up for his/her beliefs; is not prone to peer pressure.
Leadership Aptitude Indicators
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Free Social Influence survey @www.kidlead.com
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Discuss With A Partner
Which of these indicators stood out to you and/or were unexpected?
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www.kidlead.com
5 Ways Parents Unknowingly Shut Down Young Leader Development at Home
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Silencing: Failing to seriously listen to young leaders’ ideas.
Ways Parents Stunt Leadership Growth
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2 Intimidating: Threats, verbal warnings & striving to control the child.
Ways Parents Stunt Leadership Growth
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3 Equality:
Treating siblings the same & thus denying differences (love the same; recognize gifting).
Ways Parents Stunt Leadership Growth
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4 Hovering:Striving to protect your child & disallowing chances to lead.
Ways Parents Stunt Leadership Growth
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5Assuming: Thinking leading is only for adults; so we solely invest in academics & athletics; think long term.
Ways Parents Stunt Leadership Growth
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Discuss With A Partner
Which of these 5 do you want to work on in your parenting?
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www.kidlead.com
How to develop young leaders in your home.
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The Pygmalion: Start seeing & treating your child like a leader.
Developing Your Child’s LP
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2 The Project: Provide at-home activities where children lead others.
Developing You Child’s LP
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3 The Mentor:
Find leaders to invest in your child (shadowing; training).
Developing Your Child’s LP
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4 The Discipline: Connect choices with consequences (love & logic).
Developing Your Child’s LP
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5The Training: *Executive vs. Citizenship*Active vs. Passive*Indigenous vs. Outsourced *Skill vs. Conceptual*Coached vs. Unaccountable *Socratic vs. Directive
Developing Your Child’s LP
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4 Developmental Stages of Young Leaders
• Carpe Diem: Seizing opportunities in each phase (lotus flower metaphor)Taking Root: 2-9 years of ageSubmerged: 10-13 Emerging: 14-18Blooming: 19-25
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Taking Root Stage
• Stage 1: Ages 2-9• Focus: Conditioning & Character
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Submerged Stage (Most Strategic)
• Stage 2: Ages 10-13• Focus: Character & Competency
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Rites of Passage to Adulthood (12-14)
• 24,000,000 Preteens in US
• Adult rites of passage: i.e. Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Walk-about, Catechism, Confirmation
• Adolescence modern social construct
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Making Formal Presentations (Hynes)
• Evidence: fact & opinion• Three types of opinions: personal, lay, expert
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Primary Benefits
• Elevates attraction to top universities/employers• Elevates confidence as leaders bond• Reduces bullying & misbehaving (peer policing)• Creates skill set at early stage (little to unlearn)• Expands culture of leadership in schools/orgs• Invests in lifelong skills sets vs. temporary• Provides a 10-25 year head start on competition
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Success Research
Providing an early start provides life long benefits of being trained, mentored, and compounding opportunities.
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Robert Epstein, PhD
Adolescence is a recent social construct, so that we infantalize youth today who are very capable leaders.
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Emerging Stage
• Stage 3: Ages 14-18• Focus: Competency & Confidence
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Blossoming Stage
• Stage 4: Ages 19-25• Focus: Confidence & Connections
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Training Systems
Ages 2-5 2013 Release
Ages 6-9 2012 Release
Ages 10-13 Released 2008
Ages 14-18 Released 2012
Ages 19-24 2013/14 Release
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Additional Best Practices
• Don’t compete with handouts– Offer to provide PPT notes at end of
presentation or other handouts– Only provide what is needed/helpful prior or
they may read vs. listen
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Systematic desensitization
Rational Emotive Therapy (RET)
Focusing on communication vs. performance (speak “to” vs. “at”)
Reducing Anxiety Techniques
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Positive Peer Pressure
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69mUStVSCM
• YouTube Video of LeadYoung’s Solution to Bullying and Negative Youth Social Behavior
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Q&A
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I could beat this man in a race!
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www.leadyoung.orgwww.kidlead.com
Developing Young Leaders Seminar
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